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squarely

[skwair-lee] / ˈskwɛər li /
ADVERB
honestly
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Our parents are squarely boomers, and older ones, at that, and we grew up with a freedom that our younger cohorts envied but not the neglect that our older cousins complained of.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 25, 2026

Tesla is squarely focused on businesses that have yet to truly launch: robo-taxis and humanoid robots.

From Barron's • Mar. 20, 2026

The focus here is squarely on her mother, another survivor who inflicts her own share of damage along the way.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 17, 2026

Ken Lerer, whose venture-capital fund Lerer Hippeau was an early investor in BuzzFeed and who served as the company’s board chairman until 2019, placed the blame more squarely on how the company was managed.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 13, 2026

Bailey is much more fond of his grandmother than of his sister, so he leaves the blame squarely on Caroline.

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern